Araceae
Anthurium subcarinatum Engl.
SUMMARY
Epiphytic climber, somewhat scandent; internodes short, mostly slightly longer than broad, sometimes as long as broad, .6-1.7 cm long, drying minutely granular, gray-brown, matte to semiglossy, often finely ribbed; cataphylls 9-14 cm long, gray to brown, quickly weathering to few unorganized, usually short fibers, these light brown upon drying, promptly falling; petioles subterete to U-shaped, usually sulcate adaxially, 12.5-25 cm long (averaging 18.3 cm), 2-3 mm diam. at middle, drying greenish to yellow-brown; geniculum 1.5-2 cm long; blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, narrowly lanceolate or sometimes narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, narrowly long-acuminate at apex, acute to rounded or sometimes weakly cordulate at base, 24-47 cm long, 5-9.8 cm wide (averaging 34.8 x 7.2 cm), 3.8-6.8 times longer than wide, 1.7-2.8 times longer than the petioles, broadest at or near the middle, subcoriaceous, drying yellowish green to yellowish brown and matte on upper surface, grayish yellow-green to yellowish brown and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and concolorous above, paler and round-raised below; primary lateral veins sunken above, 20-25 per side; collective vein arising from near the base, running 2-4 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES erect-spreading; peduncle 11-21 cm long, 1-3 mm diam., drying tan; spathe membranaceous, amber-colored or green tinged with pink, 3-8 cm long, 6-10 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, reflexed to spreading; spadix green or yellow or greenish yellow, sometimes green at base and yellow toward apex, becoming amber post-anthesis, weakly stipitate, straight or weakly curved, tapered, 4-8 cm long, 4-6 mm diam., weakly tapered toward apex. Flowers 5-6 visible per spiral, 1.7-1.9 mm long, 1.8-2.0 mm wide, lateral tepals .8-1.1 mm wide, broadly rounded, pistils weakly emergent, yellow-green. INFRUCTESCENCES with berries oblong-obovate with a conical style.